# Trivia thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628 "2010-02-04T02:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/41 "2010-03-07T05:34:36Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Norman Fell, the actor who famously played the grouchy landlord on Three’s Company, also played a grouchy landlord in the Dustin Hoffman film “The Graduate.” And one of his tenants in The Graduate was played by Richard Dreyfuss. (He’s the guy who offers to call the cops.) . ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/42 "2010-03-07T05:38:54Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > [Nuh uh!](http://www.yampayaks.com/faqs.html#milk) I just want to say that I found the links at the bottom of the yak web site really funny: [How to train a yak](http://www.yampayaks.com/train.html) [Yak facts](http://www.yampayaks.com/faqs.html) [Yaks for sale](http://www.yampayaks.com/sale.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/43 "2010-03-07T09:36:54Z")
Previously posted here by I forget who: “The Australian ostrich has a curiously shaped larynx, so even if it could speak it could never pronounce the word “lasagne”.” ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/44 "2010-03-08T15:39:59Z")
[Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold) is the only U.S. serviceman ever to hold five-star rank in two different services. He was also the first man to fly a mile above the ground, in 1911. He became commander of the U.S. Army Air Corps, later the Army Air Forces) in the fall of 1938 and continued to command them during he entirety of World War II, being promoted to General of the Army (five-star rank) in December 1944. After the Air Force was made a separate service in 1947, he was made General of the Air Force in May 1949, being the only person ever to hold that rank. He died eight months later. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/45 "2010-03-08T15:46:29Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > “Houses of the Holy” by Led Zeppelin, “Sheer Heart Attack” by Queen and “Almost Blue” by Elvis Costello have something unusual in common. Do you know what it is? > > They are all songs with the same name as albums by the same band, but the songs appear on a later album. “Houses of the Holy” is on Physical Graffiti, “Sheer Heart Attack” is on News of the World and “Almost Blue” is on Imperial Bedroom. _Waiting For The Sun_ by the Doors has the same characteristic. The song didn’t appear until two albums later, on _Morrison Hotel_. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/46 "2010-03-08T16:11:25Z")
Prosecutors wanted to seek the death penalty for Bruno Hauptmann, kidnapper of the Lindburgh baby, but didn’t think they would be able to prove the baby was killed intentionally; they instead chose to charge Hauptman with felony murder, which allows prosecution for unintentional deaths which occur during certain felonies. However, kidnapping was still only a misdemeanor at the time, so they decided to charge Hauptmann with burglary as the underlying felony. The item they alleged he intended to steal in the burglary? The baby’s pajamas, which incidentally had the baby in them at the time. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/47 "2010-03-08T16:48:57Z")
\*The Last Picture Show \*is the only film to be nominated for four acting Academy Awards exclusively for supporting performances. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/48 "2010-03-08T18:18:50Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > _Waiting For The Sun_ by the Doors has the same characteristic. The song didn’t appear until two albums later, on _Morrison Hotel_. Good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/49 "2010-03-08T21:43:20Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > The ossicles of the middle ear (sorry, can’t remember what their names are) evolved from part of the reptilian jaw. The seperation between jaw and ear is the reason mammals have better hearing than reptiles. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/50 "2010-03-08T22:07:21Z")
The official name of the color school buses are painted is called School Bus Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/51 "2010-03-08T23:44:35Z")
Abraham Lincoln did not like to be called Abe or Abraham; his family and friends called him Lincoln. William Sherman also disliked his first name. He was called Cump for his middle name, Tecumseh. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/52 "2010-03-09T03:22:53Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#): > > 😉 I was waiting for someone to catch that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/53 "2010-03-10T04:19:26Z")
16th century French doctors prescribed chocolate as a treatment for VD. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/54 "2010-03-10T07:32:12Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > 16th century French doctors prescribed chocolate as a treatment for VD. Where was it applied? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/55 "2010-03-10T14:19:22Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > The official name of the color school buses are painted is called School Bus Chrome. Not any more. Now it’s [National School Bus Glossy Yellow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_bus_yellow). ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/56 "2010-03-10T17:46:17Z")
Nokia’s first product was paper. Nintendo’s first product was playing cards. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/57 "2010-03-10T17:50:54Z")
[Blue Horse](http://bcyesteryear.com/fulltext.php?article=70) notebook paper, very popular in the Southeastern US in the 1960s, was manufactured by the Montag Brothers, who also owned the pencil factory that [Leo Frank](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Frank) managed. ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/58 "2010-03-10T20:55:19Z")
> [@Vorpal\_Blade](#): > > The word “gullible” is not in the dictionary. > [@lost4life](#): > > This is true. Many people still don’t know it’s not a real word and continue to use it. Check it out. You bastards! 1/3 of every rainier cherry crop is eaten by birds before they can be picked. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/59 "2010-03-11T03:42:00Z")
From Wikipedia’s article on the Sahara Desert: > [@](#): > > For the only time in recorded weather history, snow fell in the Sahara desert in southern Algeria on February 18, 1979. The storm lasted only half an hour and the snow was gone within hours. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628/60 "2010-03-11T04:46:38Z")
Melville Dewey, the creator of the Dewey decimal system for cataloguing libraries, also invented the vertical file folder cabinet. He was also an advocate for spelling reform who changed his name to Melvil Dui and was a major promoter for getting the 1932 Winter Olympics awarded to his hometown of Lake Placid, NY. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-thread/527628.md?page=4)